2013 Volunteer of the Year
IN THIS ISSUE:
D-RMSL Board Nominees
PAGE 3
Pin Awards
PAGE 4 - 5
Volunteer
Appreciation
Luncheon Photos
PAGE 6
Each year, the Debbie-Rand
Memorial League honors one of its
most distinguished members with
its Volunteer of the Year Award. This
prestigious accolade is given to an
individual who goes beyond the
uncompromising standards exhibited
by all our D-RMSL volunteers.
The Volunteer of the Year is selected
by the D-RMSL Board of Trustees
and the Volunteer of the Month
Committee which is announced at
our annual Volunteer Appreciation
Luncheon.
We congratulate Mildred Strom on
being selected as our 2013 Volunteer
of the Year. A most deserving
honoree, Mildred has given almost
7,500 hours of service to the League
after joining it in 1999. She has
worked in the Volunteer Office
since 2002 and recently completed
a nine-year term as Membership
Chairperson. Mildred has served
on our D-RMSL Board of Trustees
as a member of
the Nominating
Committee and
the Lobby Sales
Committee. She
is also an active
member of the
Caring Hearts
Auxiliary at Florida
Mildred Strom
Atlantic University’s
Louis and Anne
Green Memory and Wellness Center.
After retiring from a 44-year career
in the broadcast advertising industry,
Mildred and her late husband, Nat,
moved from New York to Boynton
Beach in 1989. She currently resides
in Delray Beach. Mildred has one
step-daughter, two grandchildren
and five great-grand children.
We are very proud of you Mildred,
and thank you for your commitment
to the League, and the patients and
families we serve.
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M E M B E RS
CORNER
MEMBERSHIP
REPORT:
MARCH 2014
Welcome New Volunteers
Jan Marcos Andrade
Garrett Kramer
Thein Aung
Jacob Lucht
Erin Carey
Bruce Pachter
Diane Cestari
Tram Phan
Belinda Chen
James Reuff
Macey Cook
Doris Singer
Julee Fried
Annie Tran
Sandy Hendry
Howard Yenke
Yesenia Isaza
April Volunteer of the Month
General:587
Life:190
Honorary:2
Total:779
HOURS REPORT:
TEENAGE VOLUNTEERS (TAV):
980.61 hours
65 TAVs
ADULT VOLUNTEERS:
11,987.41 hours
482 volunteers
TOTAL:
12,968.02 hours
547 total volunteers
I N T E RE S T E D IN V O L U N T E E R IN G?
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Evie became a Debbie-Rand
volunteer in 1998 shortly after
she and her late husband,
Richard, moved from Long
Island, New York to Boca
Raton. Over the last 16
EVIE ZIMMERMAN
years she has volunteered in
many areas of the Hospital
including Volunteer Services, the Gift Shop,
Medical ICU and the Nursery. She is currently
working in the Auxiliary Office on Mondays
and at the Visitors Pass desk on Tuesdays.
Evie has earned over 16,000 hours of service.
She serves on the D-RMSL Board of Trustees,
the Ways and Means Committee and the TAV
Scholarship Committee. Evie has represented
D-RMSL as Volunteer of the Year at both the
Junior League Volunteer of the Year Awards
and the Soroptimist award. She also serves on
the Board of Directors of the Louis and Anne
Green Memory and Wellness Center at FAU,
the Master Board of Directors of her community
and is president of her village.
Volunteers and employees describe Evie as
kind, caring and willing to take on any task for
D-RMSL and Boca Regional. Thank you, Evie,
for your years of dedicated service.
Our Shining Stars
FROM A PATIENT IN THE CHEMO ROOM AT THE
LYNN CANCER INSTITUTE
D-RMSL Board
of Trustees
NOMINEES
“I wanted to let you know how Ernest, a D-RMSL volunteer, was so kind
and caring to my husband with such excellent relations and helpfulness.
You are very lucky to have him as a volunteer. We need more young
people like him.
Sherry Thomas
Do you know of or have you witnessed a volunteer going above and
beyond to help a patient? Or maybe someone is simply deserving of
recognition for displaying an exceptional level of volunteerism? If so,
let us know and we will feature them in an upcoming issue.
Steven Cohn
SHINE Program
SERVING HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDS OF ELDERS
Laura Myers
Harold Wolkoff has been a D-RMSL
volunteer since 1990. He started the
SHINE (Serving Health Insurance Needs
of Elderly) Program in early 2000 and has
since given over 3,800 hours of service.
As we are all aware, understanding Medicare, supplemental health
insurance, long-term care and prescription coverage is a daunting task
for even the most well informed. And if you are about to turn 65, it’s
even more important for you to have a firm grasp of the options and
choices available.
Edmund Nasralla
Currently on the
Board, running for
a second term
That’s why we urge you to take advantage of the SHINE Program.
Harold provides consultations Monday and Wednesdays in the
Education Center from October to June. Please contact him at
561.955.4418 or 561.955.4419 during those days. Consultations are
by appointment only. Family members and caregivers are welcome.
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May 2014 Pin Awards
100-HOUR PIN
Amirpasha Ahmadiannekoo
Kate-Lynn Ali
Stephen Allen
Laura Anderson
Sherlan Antoine
Myrlene Armand
Bergen Arnesano
Jacob Artzi
Tara Assari
Nima Ataei
Karam Atli
Maria Atria
Joshua August
Mary Aymonin
Amanda Ayoub
Khadine Bacchas
Kayla Bajor
Renee Ball
John Basler
Vierginie Beauvoir
Iris Beck
Armand Behzadi
Mittalben Bhatt
Marie-Pierre Black
Jeff Blume
Jennifer Bonitatibus
Marisa Brackett
Mary Jane Bradshaw
Doris Britton
David Bryant
Olivia Burks
Maria Cabrera
Julie Calder
Austin Cannoy
Nicole Carnes
Barbara Cavarretta
Carissa Cayson
Alexandra Cely
Christina Cerrone
Erin Chisholm
David Cho
Phoebe Chu
Lois Cleary
Madison Coffey
Alan Cohen
Erika Cohen
Diane Cohen
Saulaine Constant
Erika Contogiannis
Michael Cooper
Deborah Cotter
Julie Cruz
Andrew Cudmore
Mary Cullen
Morgan Cutler
Irene Damiano
Theodora Day
Evan De Marco
Lucas DeCarvalho
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Harielle Deshommes
Kathleen Desir
Maureen Dixon
Sally Dixon
Jason Dossantos
Daniel Duben
Luke Duffack
Yvonne Duncan
Sean Duran
Swanee Duran
Marie Edelman
Caridad Enes-Schaeffer
Helene Epstein
Brian Escoto
Christie-Anne Estrada
Howard Fader
Roger Farleigh
Serena Farnell
Mindy Feilen
Jennifer Ferguson
Marci Figler
Starr Fisher
Jerrick Flores
Summer Forbis
Shannon Fraser
Sheila Funke
Matthew Garcia
Nenita Garcia
Tracy Garlanger
Angela Giammarco
Natalia Gloria
Donald Goldman
Xaroula Gonedes
Yessenia Gonzalez
Edward Gooler
Tatiana Graham
Leon Greenberg
Erika Guhr
Caroline Haines
Sara Han
Syed Hasan
Daniyal Hashmi
Carol Heller
Tracy Hood
Andrew Horowitz
Patricia Horowitz
Martina Iberico
Raphael Itzkowitz
Diana Jarrar
Christina Jean
Stacy Jean
German Jimenez
Edward Kahn
Nina Karas
Courtney Karram
Michael Kiken
Faith Kim
Jonathan Kovacs
Jennifer Kowal
Glen Kreider
Janet Lamphere
Peggy Lapin
Ann Latos
Gina Lattore
David Lepoff
Elaine Levine
Gail Levitt
Julia Levy
Kati Lewandowska
Ryan Lim
Christine Limoze
Jean Lloyd
Arthur Lobbe
Joseph Lopez
Annet Lopez
Dorian Luciani
Ilana Makover
Joanne Martin
Judith Martin
Alexander Martinez
Judith Matana
Cristal Maya
Rebecca Medor
Michael Merowitz
Rayyan Mohammed
Yarianna Molano
Gerald Mooney
Paula Muller
Laura Myers
Myriame Myrtil
Monica Neiconi
Helen Nienstedt
Ljupcho Nikoloski (Nick)
Allan Norwitz
Kyle Ockerman
Eileen Ogrin
Erin Oracheff
Mark Otero
Simonette Padron
Daniel Palacios
Sergio Palacios
Dorothy Paone
Charlotte Paris
Anjali Patel
Hemali Patel
Niki Patel
Jasmine Patino
Melissa Patterson
Marion Pedalino
Eric Pederson
Tomas Perdomo
Claudette Pickersgill
Luana Pimenta
Matthew Pingel
Sylvestro Pistoia
Matthew Pohl
Bella Polley
Luke Prescott
Kaysie Raimundi
Mary Ramge
Kelley Ray
Raisa Raymee
Dondre Regis
Claudia Reoyo
Howard Retz
Pamela Reuter
Rackel Robillard
Sergio Rodriguez
Jennifer Rose
Marilyn Rosov
Bilal Saad
Cassandre Saint Quitte
Debbie Samuel
Daniel Saraceno
Joy Scher
Lee Schiller
Shanta Seegulam
Karin Shapiro
Patrick Sheehan
Kyle Sheets
Valeria Shirvani
Alexandra Silverman
Sharlene Slootsky
Ellen Smith
Elaine Smith
Jeffrey Solius
Nancy Solomon
Jaclyn Solow
Ricardo Soubelet
Rachel St. Clair
Arthur Stegman
Agnieszka Stoltz
Peach Supupramai
Marion Sutton
Julie Taylor
Foifon Teawdatwan
Cassandra Teichen
Alexandra Thele
Ashley Thomas
Marcia Topcik
Amy Tran
Jessica Trice
Gail Turner
Kristal Urena
Natalie Vala
Ernest Van Duser
Alexander Voitkov
Wendy Ward
Alicja Wasilewska
Eileen Weiner
Max Weinstein
Dorothy Weir
Beatrice Werden
Naime Wiener
Austin Williams
Nancy Williams
Lance Wobus
Bradley Wolters
Kabnyiaj Xiong
Danielle Zama
Sogand Zangeneh
Jerry Zavidow
500-HOUR PIN
Sonya Abdallah
Lorraine Applebaum
Doreen Badour
Terry Batinsey
Fran Beckerman
Carole Berg
Layla Chekikhanova
James Chiou
Patricia Ciasulli
Steven Cohn
Paul Coletti
Moira De Cesare
Dolores Del Raso
Lois Dermer
Carol DiNallo
Edythe Dranoff
Norman Drosky
Rossana Duncan
Ruth Felder
Tervanda Fesdjian
Barbara Fetner
Karen Feuerstein
Maureen Fiorentino
Carlo Flores
Debra Friedman
Stephanie Galante
Mary Gardner
Lynn Goldberg
Barry Gordon
Judy Greenberg
Gail Haberman
Pamela Hillenbrand
Harriet Hoffman
Dee Hornbeck
Mary Hurley
Sunnie Jacobs
Selma Kabchefsky
Sondra Kalker
Esther Kessler
Gloria Klein
Gladys Krooks
Rose Labbato
Hongryul (Luke) Lee
Wooryul (Willie) Lee
Jason Lee
Jeffrey Leff
Roberta Leite
Esther Levitan
Joan Lewis
Matthew Lim
Shelby Loeffler
Beth Lowell
Antonette Marchione
Anna McKenna
Thomas McKenna
Jette Melfi
Carmen Mierzwa
Mary Mooney
Blossom Morris
Alicia Morrison
May 2014 Pin Awards
Maria Mroz-Jacoby
Bennett Nathanson
Susan Nystrom
Felicia O’Connor
Jonathan Owirka
Carmine Pastore
Nishi Patel
Robin Paton
Barbara Paul
Adele Pearson
Marbelle Pradas
Daisy Quellier
Luisa Rodriguez
Ann (Myra) Rubenstein
Jack Rubin
Phyllis Sacks
Adam Salomon
Robert Schattner
Carol Schwartz
Margaret Seeberger
Dianne Shore
John Silvestri
Dahlia Smith
Donald Spiegelman
Sandra Sternberg
Robert Temple
Isabelle Tersio
Sherry Thomas
Alice Turner
Michelle Vivar
Abigail Wapner
Iris Wein
Cynthia Westman
Barbara Winslow
Ferne Wolff
Paula Yeager
1,000-HOUR PIN
Sandy Adler
Ann Arbeitman
Onelia Arguelles
Jackie Badome
Sheila Benson
Diana Bubb
Gordon Campbell
Ellen Caplan
Eva Daskalakis
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Ann T. Dunman
Kimberly Edgar
Joy Evans
Louis Freedlander
Lorna Granada
Joan Gridley
Howard Haffer
Phyllis Hannagan
Margo Hollander
Frances Hudec
Frances Katelman
Helena Leitner
Veronica Magrone
Ellen Manes
Cindy Menard
Ellie Mero
Sandra Moore
Debi Ness
Susan Pachter
Ellen Price
Robert Quillard
Christine Reckard
Kathryn Rishoff
Frances (Frankie) Ross
Joyce Schoenbrun
Helen Shatanof
Leslie Sklarew
Judith Sundel
Harvey Theobald
Ruth Tilson
Brendan Tirrell
Mary Watts
Bernice Weisman
1,500-HOUR PIN
Caroline Caputo
Nancy Coakley
Barbara D. Cohen
Mary DeOliveira
Frank Desmond
Conrad Duquette
Irene Fromm
Steven Hong
Carol Hopkins
Richard Larson
Yvonne Larson
Monique Levert
Maria Liberati
Renee Markowitz
Suzanne Morris
Timothy O’Connor
Natalie Patten
Janet Richmond
Kirsten Richter
Katlyn Roe
Joan B. Rosenthal
Andrew Sauer
Betty G. Smith
Tony Tsagris
Patricia Vissicchio
David Weinberg
2,000-HOUR PIN
Beatriz Ainsztein
Mildred Apicella
Louis Azus
Verna Bartlett
Sandi Eigner
Mary Enck
Richard Evans
Jose Fernandez
Heather Jurist
Sue Kirshner
Edmund Nasralla
Sharon Pearthree
Grenville Pullen
David Reynolds
Rosemary Rixon
Howard Schurr
Stanley Seeb
Nancy Sheridan
Phyllis Smith
Lana Trombley
Richard Zent
2,500-HOUR PIN
Angela Castelli
Gus Daskalakis
Beverly Ehrentreu
Linda Elgort
Leatrice Gaine
Irving Ginsberg
Nona Goldstein
Linda Goltzer
Louis Kazdal
Hymie Kopel
Maire (Myra) Riisma
Vicki Segal
Alice Staff
Jacklyn Wishnoff
3,000-HOUR PIN
Dorothy Cohen
Howard Cohen
Jack S. Cohen
Eva Friedel
Ralph Friedman
Anneliese Haber
Alexander Herasymchuck
Melvin Kofsky
Ronnie Levinson
Kathleen Lonergan
Vivian Merritt
Julia Proscia
Enrique Reid
Elaine Schwartz
Claire St. Jean
Melvin (Jerry) Tillet
Norma Vittor
Alvin Weiner
3,500-HOUR PIN
Fern Bonder
Helene Cohen
Rosita Feuerman
Irving Friedman
Dorene Higier
Velma Krassenstein
William Leahy
Michaele Pollack
Howard Shore
Winifred Wambach
Harold Wolkoff
4,000-HOUR PIN
Alice Balbuena
Ilse Camis
Eileen Carlins
Shirley Cohen
Arthur Dermer
Esta Goldfine
Janet Goltra
Joan Rehmet
Beatrice Skolnick
June Stat
Elinor Stein
4,500-HOUR PIN
Ruth Bonn
Joan Breiling
Selma Drucker
Olga Molinari
5,000-HOUR PIN
Jackie Faber
Norman Helft
A. Vincent Loscalzo
Linda Moss
Deyse Norwitz
Elsie Phillips
5,500-HOUR PIN
Roslyn Feinstein
Edith Helft
Wendy Kulberg
Henrietta Mintz
Jack Yarmosky
6,000-HOUR PIN
Alice Duquette
Adele Mande Eaton
Larry Lachter
Deborah Leising
Mae Winkelman
6,500-HOUR PIN
Suzanne Carey
Ellen Carroll
Betty Masta
Naomi O'Connell
Carolyn Silvestri
7,000-HOUR PIN
Patricia Oliver
Marilyn Wetzler
7,500-HOUR PIN
Mary Clare
Laverne Connors
Marilyn Gerson
Elin Kelley
Martin Lambert
Rita Lewin
Marilyn Main
Margaret Mertz
Nellie Strauss
Mildred Strom
8,000-HOUR PIN
Diana Burke
Dorcas Eppright
Edie Moore
8,500-HOUR PIN
June Bechthold
Barbara Gideon
Sondra Greene
Rita Haggerty
Willard Mazie
John Sweeny
Doris Tormey
9,500-HOUR PIN
Robert Rostron III
10,000-HOUR PIN
Elaine Sarro
10,500-HOUR PIN
Joan Buttery
11,000-HOUR PIN
Jean Antin
Sally Brisker
Margaret (Peggy) Stein
11,500-HOUR PIN
Ellie Hoenstine
Patricia (Ann) Thomas
12,000-HOUR PIN
Norman Hurwitz
14,000-HOUR PIN
Christy McDonald
14,500-HOUR PIN
Diana Rivellino
Patricia Upton
16,000-HOUR PIN
Evie Zimmerman
17,000-HOUR PIN
Josephine Ulferts
32,500-HOUR PIN
Joan Wargo
38,500-HOUR PIN
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Meetings & Events:
TAV INTERVIEWS
SATURDAY, MAY 3
ANNUAL MEETING
THURSDAY, MAY 8
TAV ORIENTATION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
D-RMSL BOARD MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
Save the Date:
Anniversary Luncheon
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
All attendees enjoyed the annual recognition luncheon.
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Safety Matters: Volunteer Trivia
D-RMSL is committed to ensuring our volunteers
have the knowledge needed to keep themselves
and our patients safe. As part of this commitment,
we will provide a monthly safety question in this
newsletter. These questions represent what a
volunteer may be asked by The Joint Commission
surveyor during a site visit.
Congratulations to Aaron “Ron” Schuman who
correctly answered, “If you are transporting a
patient and an emergency occurs while you are
inside the elevator, what should you do?” The
answer: stop the elevator at the nearest unit and
immediately call for employee assistance. See
Aimee Yahn-Carmichael for your prize.
561.955.4100
This month’s trivia is about fire safety. The first 2-3
minutes of a fire are critical. The R.A.C.E. formula
will help you to respond effectively. What does
R.A.C.E. stand for? The first person to email Aimee
at [email protected], will win a pair of
Regal VIP Movie Tickets. Best of luck!
Stop by the Debbie-Rand Thrift Shoppe for
all the sales and take advantage of great deals.
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sundays: 12pm - 4pm
903 Meadows Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486
Phone: 561.395.2208
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